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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240   
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I haven't tried any of those things but an inner panel made of clear Perspex may be a good compromise. Secure to the sticks with cable ties? Darren
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21st Feb 2017 11:10pm |
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| Clint Member Since: 28 Jul 2016 Location: Preseli Posts: 29 
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Hi,
Also have a 90 pickup ,which I fitted with a cab fiit three quarter exmore trim hood last autumn. Initially there was an awful lot of flapping , at 50 mph and over,which took a bit of time to diagnose where it was coming from exactly. The solution for me was to fit a few pieces of foam pipe insulation on the channels above rear window as the canvas was flapping onto the rear of the cab roof.. Clint |
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22nd Feb 2017 10:20am |
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| rallysteve Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2199 
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Cant help but think that, if the material is slack enough to create noise by flapping, that putting a solid board of wood/polycarbonate (not Perspex!) will turn it from a flap into a horrible drumming. Have you ever witnessed the noise a slightly slack ratchet strap makes against the roof skin when you have something on a roof rack - imagine this in surround sound!
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22nd Feb 2017 10:50am |
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| Harry.O Member Since: 25 Jul 2014 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 705 
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Not sure if your hood attaches to the tub with poppers or rope but I replaced all the rope with elastic from a chandlers and that made a significant difference, it's also much quicker to roll up the back / sides because there's no knots to undo.
Pipe lagging works well also as mentioned by Clint. |
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22nd Feb 2017 1:42pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 7686 
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it will probably run the 'z' channel system to connect it to the tube.
one source of noise is the plastic buckles that hold the sides up and the two on the roof that hold the front back if you were to take back the section above the drivers seat. these will probably come off on mine. i also fitted some black closed cell pipe insulation to my safety devices cage that helped. the panel idea didnt work when i tried it previous. open window 20mm helps, in that it blows out not sucks in! ideal solution for noise reduction is back rolled up and window open a little. heater on full! Cheers James 110 XS Utility 130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making) 90 Puma Hardtop |
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22nd Feb 2017 3:57pm |
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| CDN38 Member Since: 14 Nov 2014 Location: Courtenay, BC Posts: 729  
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On my NAS 90 soft top the support for the top was the roll cage. The original vinyl top was somewhat sloppy and would flap in and out the same way. I had some closed cell foam pieces sewn to fabric with velcro, and wrapped the vertical portions of the roll cage with them, then installed the top. They essentially "pushed' the top outwards slightly, taking up the slack in the material. it's a Landrover thing...
my renovation thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40792.html |
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22nd Feb 2017 5:55pm |
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